There’s some England positivity in the Mailbox after a better second half v Slovenia, but there are questions being asked about Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.Happy to be told I’m wrong, but my view from inside the ground is much more aligned with Southgate’s comments than what I have read on twitter and from pundits. There were more positives from this game than the other two and we moved the ball much better, particularly at the start of the second half.
Trippier delivered a lovely cross off his right, then didn’t do it again. Foden was good but what have we done with Jude? I don’t think he is tired, I think he is being starved of space and seems thoroughly fed up. We should be starting him deeper and giving him space to run with the ball and break the lines. Look at Zidane’s highlights real and a lot of it is from deep. It almost feels like we have two Kanes at the moment.
As for Tuesday night, in what world was Foden England’s best player? So much of the ball yet so little concrete achieved with it. As brilliant as he is for City a common theme for his England career. Any run where you are so clearly offside is not. So much went down the ineffective left it was almost as if Southgate wanted to prove a point, to the detriment of England’s most dangerous looking player, Saka, not getting nearly enough of the ball.
Everyone get your prayer mats out for Luke Shaw’s fitness. Having no available actual left back in a squad of 26 is utterly, utterly ridiculous. Absolutely no hindsight was required to say this. If Trippier is unavoidable, maybe he should have his own club teammate Gordon outside him on the left wing?
Cleary Tripps is a massive hindrance to any progress and any width at all – Their right back has never had an easier 88 and a half minutes. Today’s Opta pass maps show heavy traffic between closely-located Foden, Bellingham and Rice and Saka as the wide option is also helpful. They also show barely any passes to Kane. Now you could argue this is four players all doing the wrong thing. Or could it be our prized striker is either unfindable, completely missing, or not anywhere useful for them?
Almost the first thing Anthony Gordon did when he came in the by-god 89th minute was create a chance. Southgate must be blind. I want to shake him — in the words of Dr. Byron Orpheus – like a nanny possessed.I’ll be honest, I knocked out around 72 minutes into the game yesterday, so I didn’t get a chance to see how the majority of our subs aside from Mainoo did.
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